Mechanical movement



Sept. 30. 1924. 1,510,323

C. L. JOHANNESSOHN MECHANICAL MOVEMENT Filed. Feb. l5, 1923 2Sheets-Sheet l 9 W53 Y 10a f5 sept. 3o, 1924. 1,510,323,

C. L. JOHANNESSOiHN MECHANICAL MOVEMENT l Filed Feb'. 13. 1923 2sheets-shew. 2

Patented Sept, 3G, 1224.,

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CHARLES L. JOHANNESSOHN, OF DINSMDRE, SASKATCHEVJAN, CANADA, ASSIGNOR TJOHANN IIIOTORS LIMITED, OF DINSMORE, SASKATCHEWAN.

MECHANICAL MOVEMENI.A

Application filed February 13, 1923. Serial No. 618,880.

To all w hom t may concern Be it known that I, CHARLES L. JOI-IAN-Nn-ssorin, a citizen of the Dominion of Canada, residing at Dinsmore, inthe Province of Saskatchewan, Dominion of Canada,have invented certainnew and useful Improvements in Mechanical Movements, and do herebydeclare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of theinvention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which itappertains to make and use the same. p

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in mechanicalmovements.

@ne object of the invention is to provide constantly rotatable elementsone of which is arranged to pause and then proceed in the samedirection. Y

Another object is to provide a device of this character which includes aplurality of rotatable elements one of which is arranged to pause orstop in its movement while another element approaches it, and then toproceed in the same direction.

Another object is to provide device of this character wherein arotatable element tral sectional view on the line 2 2 of Figure 1. i

Figure 3 is a vertical transverse sectional view on the line 3 3 ofFigure 1.

Figure 4 is a vertical transverse sectional view on the line 4 4 ofFigure 1.

Figure 5 is an end view of the movable members, showing one positionthereof.

Figure 6 is an end view of the members showing another position thereof.

Referring particularly to the accompanying drawings 10 represents acasing or housing having the bearings 11 and 12 formed in opposite sidesthereof. Secured to the wall of the casing, and surrounding the bearing12, is a stationary ring gear 13. Disposed transversely through thecasing, and having one end rotatably supported in the bearing 12, is ashaft 14. Keyed on the shaft 14, inwardly of the bearing 12, is a disk15, and rotatably carried by the disk, at diametrically opposite points,are the stub shafts 16, of the gears 17, said gears being in constantmesh with the ring gear 13, and arranged to travel around thereon.Loosely rotatable on the inner end of the bearing 11 is a disk 18,similar to the disk 15, said disk having the stub shafts 19 atdiametrically opposite points, as clearly seen in the drawing. Connectedto and extending between the disks 15 and 18, so that said disks willrotate in unison, are the bars or rods 20. Carried by each of the stubshafts 16 and 19, inwardly of the disks, are the radial crank arms 21,and 22, respectively. Rotatably disposed on the shaft 14 is a hollowshaft 23, the inner end of which is disposed against the inner face ofthe disk 15, and carried by this inner end ofthe shaft 23, and keyedthereon, is a rockable member 24v having the diametrically opposite arms25 and 26. It will be noted that the crank arms 21 extend in a directiondiametrically opposite to the crank arms 22, and are connected forunitary movement by the arms 27.

lloosely rotatable on the shaft 23 is a second hollow shaft 2S, andkeyed on this shaft is a member 29, similar in construction to themember 24, andV having the oppositely extending arms and 31. Pivotallyconnected to the outer ends of the crank arms 21, and to the oppositeends of the rockable member 24, are the links 32, while similar links 33are pivotally connected to the opposite ends of the member 29 and to thecrank arms 22.

The shaft 14, as well as the shafts 23 and 28, extends outwardly beyondthe bearing 11, and formed on the outer end of the shaft 2S are thediainetrically opposite radial blades 34 and On the outer end of theshaft 23 there are formed the similar radial blades and 37, the portionof the shaft which carries the blades being slightly enlarged so thatits diameter is equal to the diameter of the adjacent and abuttingportion of the shaft 2S. It will be noted that the blades 34 and 35extend beyond the end of theshaft 23, so that they overlap the abuttingportion of the shaft 23, while the blades 36 and 3T project inwardlybeyond the enlarged portion of the shaft 23, and

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When power is applied to the shaft 14, to rotate the same, the disks l5and 18 will be carried around, resulting in the rotation of the gears17, by meshing engagement with the ring gear 13. Thus the gears 17 willhave an orbital movement'around the gear 13. As the disks and 18 rotatethe crank shafts 16 and -19 will be turned, causing the reciprocation ofthe links 32 and 33, and the rocking movement of the members 24 and 29.It will be vunderstood lthat the cranks 21 and 22 make completerevolutions, while the rocking members 24 and 29 simply rock on the axis14, as their ends are reciprocated by the links.

ausino'vor sto ino' of the cranks too-etherb b b with the associatedblades of the shafts 28 andv 28, with the result that `when these bladespause or stop, the blades which followwill move up to within av certaindistance therefrom, at which time, the lirst blades will have beenmoved, by the cranks having passed the dead center points, and -willproceed on their course in the original direction. As the followingblades approach, reach, and pass the dead centers, they will pause,stop, and then proceed again, Vthe first bladeshaving reached thecondition where they become the following blades, and approach thesesecond blades.

There isthus shown a novel and improved device' whereby a plurality ofconstantly rotating members are successively brought to a standstilluntil another approaches it, when it will proceed in the originaldirection, while the approaching one will, in its turn, pause or stop,until another one approaches to within a certain distance therefrom,when it willv move on in the original direction. VYVhether the bladesare caused to pause, stop, or recede, will depend upon the length of thecrank arms 21 and 22, and the ratio of the vgears 13V and 17. It will beunderstoodthat these relations may be varied as conditions require.

That is claimed is:

l. A mechanical movement including rotatable elements, and means forcausing the stopping of one of the elements while another elementapproaches to within a pre- It will also be understood that` at certainpoints in the revolution of the ment 'of the said other element at areduced speed.

A mechanical movement including rotatable elements, and means forcausing a retardationV of one of the elements while another'elementappro-aches it and then continuing in the same direction the movement ofthe retarded element at a gradually increasing speed and the movement ofthe other element at a gradually reducing speed.

3. A mechanical movement including ro tatable elements, and means forcausingv a retardation, of one of the elements at a reduced speed and.the movementof another element toward the first element at a graduallyincreasing speed, and then continuing the movement of the first elementin the original direction Y at a gradually increasingspeed, andcontinuing the movement of the second element at a gradually reducingspeed. Y

4. A mechanical movement including rotatable elements, means .fordriving the elefments, and means operated by the vdriving means forcausing the stop-ping of one of the elements whilex another element ap'-proaches, at a gradually increasing speed,

to within a predetermined Vdistance therefrom and then continuing themovementV in the same direction, of the stopped element, at a graduallyincreasing speed, and the movement of the. other element at agraduallyrreducing speed.

5. A mechanical movement including ro-V Y tatable elements, means fordriving the elements, and means operated by the driving means forcausing a retardation of one'of the elements while another elementapproaches it at a gradually increasingspeed,-

and then continuing the movement, in the original direction, oftheretarded element at a gradually increasing speed and the movement ofthe'other element at a gradually reducing speed.

6. A mechanical movement including rotatable elements, means for drivingthe elements, and means operated by the driving means for causing aretardation and stop-V ping movemcnt of one of the elements at a reducedspeed while another element approaches it at a gradually increasingspeed, and then continuingthe movement of the irstelement in theoriginal direction at a gradually increasing speed, andthe secondelement at a gradually reducing'speed.

7. A mechanical movement including -a constantly driven shaft,independently rotatable shafts, work elements on theindependentlyrotatable shafts, and ymeansoperable bythe constantly driven shaft fordriving the independently rotatable shafts to cause one of the shafts tostop while the other continues to rotate at a gradually increasingspeed, and then to cause the stopped shaft to continue its rotation inthe original direction at a. gradually increasing speed, and the othershaft to continue at a gradually reducing speed.

8. A mechanical movement including a constantly driven shaft,independently rotatable shafts telescoped together and onto the drivenshaft, and means operable by the constantly driven shaft for driving therotatable shafts and for causin a retardation of one of the shafts,while t e other shaft continues to rotate at a gradually' increasingspeed, and then continuing the movement of `the retarded shaft at agradually increasing speed, and the other shaft at a gradually reducingspeed.

9. A mechanical movement including a constantly driven shaft, hollowshafts thereon, work elements on the hollow shafts, a stationary gear,an element'rotatable with the driven shaft, gears on the rotatableelement engaged with the stationary gear, a second rotatable elementconnected with the first rotatable element and movable therewith, andmeans operable by the element carried gears for retarding and stoppingeach of the hollow shafts successively and continuing the movementthereof at a gradually increasing speed in the original direction.

l0. A mechanical movement including a constantly driven shaft, hollowshafts mounted thereon and carrying work ele,- ments, a rock elementfixed on each of the hollow shafts, a stationary gear, a rotatableelement fixed on the driven shaft, gears on the rotatable elementmeshing with the stationary gear, crank shafts carried by the rotatableelement, and links connected with the crank shafts and with the rockelements.

In testimony whereof, I aiiX my signature.

CHARLES L. J OHANNESSOHN.

